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Cg3372002amrl's avatar
Jul 16, 2021

NETGEAR00

I'm wondering if anyone could tell me the significance of this:
NETGEAR00mdMANiciNK803manicink803
?
This was data harvested from a keylogger on my child's phone but she wasn't supposed to be gone from her mother's house, my ex believes she didn't leave the house either. Can anyone tell me exactly what this is and why it was being typed into her phone? Please..I would greatly appreciate the heads up.

4 Replies

  • Was she trying to guess a wifi password? 

    Yours? 

    A neighbors? 

     

    You could just ask her. 

    • Cg3372002amrl's avatar
      Cg3372002amrl
      Aspirant
      I have asked her and she says her phone was hacked, I highly doubt that but no ita not the neighbors wifi. She's barley 15 and already been in trouble sending photos to a guy that had to be my age (43),hence the keylogger on her phone now.
    • Cg3372002amrl's avatar
      Cg3372002amrl
      Aspirant
      ‎2021-07-16 09:03 AM

      I have asked her and she says her phone was hacked, I highly doubt that but no ita not the neighbors wifi. She's barley 15 and already been in trouble sending photos to a guy that had to be my age (43),hence the keylogger on her phone now.

      • antinode's avatar
        antinode
        Guru

        > NETGEAR00mdMANiciNK803manicink803

         

           A typical Netgear router comes from the factory with default
        wireless-network credentials:

         

              SSID: NETGEAR<xx>
              Passphrase: <word1><word2><xxx>

         

        where "<xx>" is a two-digit decimal number, "<word1>" and "<word2>" are
        two commmon (lower case?) English words, and "<xxx>" is a three-digit
        decimal number.

         

           One interpretation of that mess would be that someone was trying to
        connect to a Netgear wireless router (which was still using its default
        wireless-network credentials).  Possibly with some fumbling or wrong
        guesses.

         

        > [...] not the neighbors wifi. [...]

         

           I haven't recently tried to prey on jail-bait, so I know nothing, but
        I can imagine a car-powered router which temporarily becomes a neighbor.


        > [...] hence the keylogger on her phone now.

         

           I don't envy you your technology battle with an opponent who has
        almost unlimited time.  I'd be tempted to confiscate the phone, but I
        wouldn't expect that to be fool-proof, either.  (You have better control
        over it than you would over its (covert) replacement.)